4,294,967,295 posts? - Guild Wars Forums

extra bacon · Sep 09, 2006, 03:27 AM // 03:27

so, who are these people anyway? all are Town Dwellers with 4,294,967,295 posts.

Italian Gladiator
Lars of Darkstar
wolbers
costas525
conanoonano

found at http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/m...c&sort=pos ts

Legendary Ruler · Sep 09, 2006, 03:39 AM // 03:39

lol, prob just people that like to use the "refresh" button a lot.

or something like that...

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 09, 2006, 03:40 AM // 03:40

average of over 18 million posts a day on that first one....
lol

you know something's wrong there, considering I've never seen any posts by any of those people and with that kind of average....

johan the destroyer · Sep 09, 2006, 03:47 AM // 03:47

What is strange is that they all have the same amount of posts....

Relambrien · Sep 09, 2006, 03:53 AM // 03:53

Do these numbers mean anything to you?

255
65,535

It's too late for me to do the math, but those are the decimal representations of the hexadecimal numbers FF and FFFF, respectively. Perhaps this number is another one, but more like FFFFFFFF. Someone else can do the math; I'm too tired.

By the way, if so, then that number is caused by a glitch. It happened in GW a couple times too.

Opeth11 · Sep 09, 2006, 03:54 AM // 03:54

It's a glitch for post counts. Often it results from complete post annihilation. I had a friend on this forum who got himself banned for spamming, and got his post count deleted. He isn't on the most posts lists, but if you look at his profile, it shows the exact same number.

extra bacon · Sep 09, 2006, 04:01 AM // 04:01

ahh interesting. what's his username?

Opeth11 · Sep 09, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

Don't know if it's against the rules, so I'll just pm you about it =/

Lasareth · Sep 09, 2006, 04:15 AM // 04:15

It happens when we delete a post after resetting a user's postcount to 0. And yes, we've reset post counts before.

extra bacon · Sep 09, 2006, 04:25 AM // 04:25

yea, my initial search before i posted this thread didn't show much, but a bit more researching got me the answer. thanks lasareth!

Midnight08 · Sep 09, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relambrien

Do these numbers mean anything to you?

255
65,535

It's too late for me to do the math, but those are the decimal representations of the hexadecimal numbers FF and FFFF, respectively. Perhaps this number is another one, but more like FFFFFFFF. Someone else can do the math; I'm too tired.

By the way, if so, then that number is caused by a glitch. It happened in GW a couple times too.

nice guess.... the post count is 4294967295 and that indeed is FFFFFFFF. so most liekly thats the maximum # of posts abllowed by the forum system (has to be an unrealistic #) so they lost posts due to 1 reason or another and it pushed them into the negatives... too bad in a system like this there arent negatives so it cycles over to the max and backwards from there. Basically the guy has -1 posts...

**Marty Silverblade** · Sep 09, 2006, 12:20 PM // 12:20

Hey, here's something incredibly weird. I saw that one of the numbers was 65535. I remember than if you open microsoft excel, if you scroll down all the way until the end there are 65535, 1 less than that number. Then I tried to go across to see if it was the same thing - 1 less. And it was. I wonder if that means anything.

Slabby · Sep 09, 2006, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Sorry to go a little of-topic but I've got a question too
What are the ranks + amount of posts to reach them ?

Grtz

extra bacon · Sep 09, 2006, 01:21 PM // 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slabby

What are the ranks + amount of posts to reach them ?

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...les-id2018.php

Relambrien · Sep 09, 2006, 01:37 PM // 13:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Hey, here's something incredibly weird. I saw that one of the numbers was 65535. I remember than if you open microsoft excel, if you scroll down all the way until the end there are 65535, 1 less than that number. Then I tried to go across to see if it was the same thing - 1 less. And it was. I wonder if that means anything.

Most programming is done in some form of hexadecimal. Most "limits" set by programmers come in the form FF, FFFF, FFFFFFFF, etc. The limit of rows in excel is FFFF, or 65,535. The limit of columns is FF, or 255.

Here's a quick hexadecimal tutorial for those who don't understand.

In hexadecimal, each place value is based on the number 16, not 10 like we normally use. Thus, there are six extra digits required (A, B, C, D, E, F) to get from 0-15.

The first place value is worth 1x what the digit is worth, the second is 16x, the third 256x, etc.

So FF is really 15 * 16 + 15, or 255. Does that number seem familiar? Yep, it's the level glitch that happens with far away NPCs. Because the maximum "correct" level is 31, that has to have two hexadecimal place values. FF is the limit to the number in two place values, so this glitch forces the game to display that max number in decimal, which is 255.

Now, the way Guru is set up, the maximum displayable post count number is the 4 billion something number from the first post. Guru can experience a similar glitch with post counts that forces it to display the max number in decimal, which, instead of FFFFFFFF, is that 4 billion something number. This is likely due to something causing these people to have -1 posts. Since the forum can't display negative post counts, it goes to the maximum number automatically.

The way these problems all occur is due to a glitch in displaying the number zero. For some reason (and my theory will be later), Guild Wars can have difficulty showing the number, causing this glitch to level 255.

The reason I think this is is how numbers are set up in computers. I'm by no means an expert programmer, so take this with a grain of salt, but here goes. Computers like to use the number 0 instead of 1 to denote the first number of anything. Therefore, to get the number 0, you would use -1. And -1 seems to have a glitch about it, regardless of whether it's displayed or programmed. It's like Guru/GW sees the -1 and goes into "glitch mode" without even seeing that it's supposed to display as zero. This glitch is actually Guru/GW displaying the number it believes to be -1, which is the maximum number allowed in that area.

Eh, this post seemed to be all over the place. Sorry if it didn't make much sense, and anyone with any further knowledge on this is *more* than welcome to post.

Sep 09, 2006, 03:27 AM // 03:27	#1
extra bacon Grotto Attendant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Guild: Spank [Me]	4,294,967,295 posts? so, who are these people anyway? all are Town Dwellers with 4,294,967,295 posts. Italian Gladiator Lars of Darkstar wolbers costas525 conanoonano found at http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/m...c&sort=pos ts

Sep 09, 2006, 03:39 AM // 03:39	#2
Legendary Ruler Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2006	lol, prob just people that like to use the "refresh" button a lot. or something like that...

Sep 09, 2006, 03:40 AM // 03:40	#3
Knightsaber Sith Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Few Fallen Heroes [FFH] Profession: W/E	average of over 18 million posts a day on that first one.... lol you know something's wrong there, considering I've never seen any posts by any of those people and with that kind of average....

Sep 09, 2006, 03:47 AM // 03:47	#4
johan the destroyer Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: The Spirits of Vengeance [TSoV] Profession: W/Mo	What is strange is that they all have the same amount of posts....

Sep 09, 2006, 03:53 AM // 03:53	#5
Relambrien Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Delaware, USA Guild: Error Seven Operators [Call] Profession: W/	Do these numbers mean anything to you? 255 65,535 It's too late for me to do the math, but those are the decimal representations of the hexadecimal numbers FF and FFFF, respectively. Perhaps this number is another one, but more like FFFFFFFF. Someone else can do the math; I'm too tired. By the way, if so, then that number is caused by a glitch. It happened in GW a couple times too.

Sep 09, 2006, 03:54 AM // 03:54	#6
Opeth11 Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada Guild: Demon of the Fall [Opet] Profession: Mo/Me	It's a glitch for post counts. Often it results from complete post annihilation. I had a friend on this forum who got himself banned for spamming, and got his post count deleted. He isn't on the most posts lists, but if you look at his profile, it shows the exact same number.

Sep 09, 2006, 04:01 AM // 04:01	#7
extra bacon Grotto Attendant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Guild: Spank [Me]	ahh interesting. what's his username?

Sep 09, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11	#8
Opeth11 Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada Guild: Demon of the Fall [Opet] Profession: Mo/Me	Don't know if it's against the rules, so I'll just pm you about it =/

Sep 09, 2006, 04:15 AM // 04:15	#9
Lasareth Aquarius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place	It happens when we delete a post after resetting a user's postcount to 0. And yes, we've reset post counts before.

Sep 09, 2006, 04:25 AM // 04:25	#10
extra bacon Grotto Attendant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Guild: Spank [Me]	yea, my initial search before i posted this thread didn't show much, but a bit more researching got me the answer. thanks lasareth!

Sep 09, 2006, 12:20 PM // 12:20	#12
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	Hey, here's something incredibly weird. I saw that one of the numbers was 65535. I remember than if you open microsoft excel, if you scroll down all the way until the end there are 65535, 1 less than that number. Then I tried to go across to see if it was the same thing - 1 less. And it was. I wonder if that means anything.

Sep 09, 2006, 12:27 PM // 12:27	#13
Slabby Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belgium Guild: [SCAR]	Sorry to go a little of-topic but I've got a question too What are the ranks + amount of posts to reach them ? Grtz